New Evidence Shows Cradle of Humankind Site May Be Much Younger Than Thought UCT_news: SouthAfrica
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This is according to a paper recently published by Dr Tara Edwards, a Human Evolution Research Institute postdoctoral research fellow from the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Cape Town . The multi-disciplinary findings have important implications for human evolution research in the area, which is home to over 40% of the world's known hominin fossils.
"Our research applies multiple lines of evidence to reliably dispel the long-held assumption that Bolt's Farm is a site of great antiquity," said Edwards. Bolt's Farm is a cave system found in the Cradle of Humankind site. It is an important source of fossils, with various species of Plio-Pleistocene fauna, including primates and big cats. It is also home to a novel species of rat, Euryotomys bolti , found nowhere else.
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